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Monday, 21 March 2016

French M 2000D fighter jets hit Daesh with SCALP missiles for the first time

On 17th March, 2016, five Mirage 2000D (M 2000D) fighter jets, along with Rafale fighters, fired SCALP missiles during a raid against Daesh, the French Ministry of Defense announced on its website on Friday. The M 2000D and Rafale jets together launched eight SCALP-EG missiles on a Daesh's command post in Hit, center of Iraq.

Five French Air Force's M 2000D fighter jets took off from a forward air base in Jordan to target Daesh with SCALP-EG missiles for the first time(Credit: French Air Force/French Ministry of Defense)